Archive for the ‘Cakes’ Category

Pumpkin-Walnut Cake

I love the fall time, the colors turning on the leaves, the crispness in the air and just the overall feel of the season.

Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays are right around the corner so it is time to start planning our Christmas treats. Pumpkins, cranberries, turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and for our family all the Polish and Irish goodies that come with our traditional holiday celebrations.

Do you remember as a child waking up on a holiday morning to the smell of pumpkin pie baking? The cinnamon smell throughout the house signaled a special day. Close your eyes and the smell will come back!

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A Homemade Christmas

Christmas celebrations consists of good friends, family, and food…lots and lots of food.  Which is why we gain weight during the holidays. Who can resist all those holiday goodies?

This recipe comes to us from our free download on the right.   I plan on trying out quite a few of these recipes this holiday season…so be sure and look for the blimp hovering over Michigan after January 1.

Happy Holidays from our family.

CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CAKE

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

This is one of my favorite recipes for pumpkin from my favorite chef…Paula Deen.  My husband made it a couple of years ago for Thanksgiving and it was a huge success.  It is easy to make and can be made a day ahead of the holiday.  I hope you enjoy it as much as my family did.

Happy Holidays!

Ingredients
Crust:

* 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
* 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 stick melted salted butter
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Filling:

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Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

My husband has got the cooking bug again…happens every few weeks, which is why I have a hard time taking weight off.  At least that is the excuse I use regularly, I just blame it on him and not the fact that I can’t stop eating the stuff he bakes or that he is so good at baking.

This recipe is one of his better ones.  Again where he got it, I don’t know.  I only know the results are delicious!

Ingredients:

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Remembering the Holiday Baking

When I saw this recipe at Cooking.com, I was taken back to the wonderful smells coming out of the kitchen during the holidays as a child.  Baked bread, cookies, pies, cakes and then the smell of Turkey and all the trimmings.  I get hungry just thinking about those smells.

My mother made a cake very similar to this only she used Pumpkin Pie spice in place of the spices listed.  She usually made it a couple of days before the holiday and kept in the refrigerator.  She took it out the night before to make sure it was a room temperature the next morning.

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Cranberry-Apple Coffee Cake

Halloween is around the corner and with it comes the start of the holiday season. Time for family, friends, shopping and lots of good food.

Thanksgiving is the first big holiday after Halloween. I like to take them one at a time, if I think about them all at once then I become overwhelmed and stressed. Being stressed during the holidays isn’t fun as we all know. My husband gets stressed about it. Already he is asking what we are having for Thanksgiving dinner.

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Let Them Eat Cake!

Did you know that Marie Antoinette never actually uttered those words, it is a piece of fiction.  But that’s another story.

A wide variety of methods are used when creating the perfect cake.  Generally cakes come in two different types:  foam cakes and butter cakes.  The difference is this:

  • Foam cakes-this type of cake has a higher ratio of eggs to flour.  Typically they don’t rely on baking powder or soda for leavening.  By beating the air into the eggs in a foam cake will provide the lightness and volume for the cake.  A good example is the Angel Food Cake.
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Tasty Stone Fruits and a “Peach of a Cake” Recipe

NectarinesSo what is a stone fruit? Apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums are five of the most common stone fruits. These tasty fruits get their names from the stone or pit that rests in their centers. Stone fruits are bountiful during the summer months, but can be purchased any time of year if your local market wants to pay and charge you the higher price to import them. Either way, when buying these types of fruit, look for ones that are ripe. A stone fruit is ripe when the flesh is tender to the touch and the smell makes your mouth water! If you don’t want to eat them right away, buying them hard and letting them ripen at room temperature might be a better option.

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Zucchini, Zucchini…I think I planted too much of it…again!  Last year we ate Zucchini bread until we were sick of it, but I still planted more.

So this year in addition to the “normal” recipes of frying, grilling, baking (especially good if you use it like you would Eggplant Parmesan, but that is another recipe),  or just slicing and putting it into a salad, I decided I would try something new.  Since my love of food includes all things chocolate I decided to try this recipe.  I have only one thing to say..it is a hit!

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Chocolate Mood Update

Amy West Kraska says:

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE CAKE

1 box German chocolate cake mix
1 can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
1 pt. jar butterscotch or caramel ice cream topping
1 (12 oz.) container Cool Whip
3 Heath candy bars, crushed

Bake cake as directed on box in a 9″x13″ pan. Punch holes in hot cake with a fork. Mix together, the ice cream topping and Eagle Brand milk. Pour over the cake. Let cool. Cover with Cool Whip and crushed Heath bars. Keep refrigerated.

Awesome cake….loved every bite!

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